Juanita

Girl Spanish #2297 in 2023

Juanita is a girl name of Spanish origin.

Meaning of Juanita

From Juanita, from Juana + -ita, from Johanna, from Johanna, variant of Joanna, from Ἰωάννα, from יוֹחָנָה, the feminized form of which produced John and its many doublets.

Popularity of Juanita

Popularity, 1880–2023

80 births in 2023

1880 2023

207,553 U.S. births recorded from 1880–2023.

Peak year

1924

5,404 babies

First recorded

1880

Earliest SSA data

Recent trend

Steady

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

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Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.